Iowa Republican caucuses

Mitt Romney cruises to an easy first place finish in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. Results show that Ron Paul made a surprisingly strong showing to finish in second.

After coming in a distant sixth in the Iowa Caucuses Tuesday night, Michelle Bachmann announced Wednesday that she was dropping out of the race to be the Republican presidential nominee.

A record number of Iowan, more than 120,000, turned out for the Republican caucuses Tuesday night and by the narrowest of margins shoved Mitt Romney out the door in the lead for the race to be the GOP presidential nominee. He came in first, just ahead of Rick Santorum.

At 7 p.m. tonight, Iowa voters will head to town halls and public buildings to register their support for Republican presidential candidates in the Iowa Caucuses. They’ll listen to speeches and then cast a vote in a cookie tin or box, declaring their support for one of the seven GOP candidates seeking their support.

The accusations of sexual harassment against Herman Cain overshadowed renewed question of Mitt Romney’s flip-flops and Rick Perry’s exuberant speech in New Hampshire.